El verbo ser y adjetivos en español INTRODUCCIÓN Y CONTINUACIÓN DEL GÉNERO… Ojalá que estuviera en la playa…. I wish I were at the beach…. :)

Ser y los adjetivos en español ~ objetivos To learn and practice with the forms of the verb “ser”, to be To learn, understand and practice different adjective forms (masculine and feminine) Put your knowledge to the test!

El verbo ser SER is the infinitive (remember our lesson on infinitives? Verbs that begin “to” do something”?) for the English “to be”. It is VERY helpful in descriptions (ie: John is tall) as well as identifying things (Zach is my cat). Here we will see “ser” used to describe people, friends and family. SER conjugations. A conjugation is when you change the verb from its infinitive so that it “matches” its person, for example we don’t say “I to be” but “I am”. yo soy (I am)nosotros somos (we are) tú eres (you are)vosotros sois (you all are) él es (he is)ellos son (they are) ella es (she is)ellas son (they-f are) usted es (you are)ustedes son (you all are)

El verbo ser (continuado) Do you see how “ser” changed from its “to be” to various forms of the verb (am, is are)? We do that in English and of course they do that in Spanish too! Do you remember seeing & hearing that in the videohistoria and in A Primera Vista? How would you fill in the blanks here? Elena ____ artística, pero también ____ perfeccionista Tomás ___ reservado y muy trabajador ¡Tú ___ atrevido y atlético! Y yo ____ ordenada y estudiosa

Los adjetivos y el género Did you notice that sometimes the adjectives ended in –o and sometimes in –a? Why do you think that is? What do you remember from the introductory chapter that deals with a term called “gender”? Gender is the masculine or feminine representation of ANY noun in Spanish, even things that aren’t “alive”. Adjectives when used to describe nouns must match that noun’s gender. Here are a couple of examples to consider: El chico simpático La chica simpática What happened to our word “simpatico”??

Adjetivos y género continuado OK: so adjectives (most, anyway) have this pretty cool flexibility. They can change to match their noun in both gender (masculine/feminine) and number (if the noun they’re playing with is singular or plural). Look…. ordenadas simpáticas atléticas estudiosas ordenados simpáticos atléticos estudiosos ordenada simpática atlética estudiosa ordenado simpático atlético estudioso El amigoLa chica Las señoras Los profesores

Adjetivos y género (conclusión)… There’s just one.more.detail… ;-) and this is something you will have to get used to in Spanish… there always seems to be one exception to the rule…. There WILL be adjectives that do NOT change for gender, and you will simply have to study those – lo siento (I’m sorry!) Typically adjectives that end in the letter –e and/or consonants do not change for gender (m/f). But, good news ALL adjectives change for NUMBER (phew :) Ejemplos: Interesante, popular, emocionante, inteligente, verde, paciente Now, don’t you really wish you were at the beach? Ah, ojalá.. (if only!)